How to: Move BF4 to a different drive.

[baconoclock]

So I discovered that origin for some reason defaulted to my storage drive and not SSD. It took a couple trials but here are directions on how to move the game without having to re download.

My source is the drive where its currently installed
My target is the SSD, which is C:

Create a new folder on the target drive, ex C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\Battlefield 4
In origin > application settings > advanced. Change the download location to the folder you created above.
Close origin
Backup source battlefield folder (just in case!)
Cut folder from source directory. In this case its very similiar to the target location above, just a different drive letter.
Reopen origin
Right click on bf4 and it should act like you need to download it, start the download.
Let it run for 30 sec to a minute and PAUSE it (dont cancel)
paste the folder into the target directory
unpause
It should sit there for a minute or two then realize its downloaded and finish the install.

[jaspurr]

Did you ever watch Charlie Brown when an adult spoke and all you heard was wah wah wah wah? That's what just happened to me No offence meant, it's just me and computers

[baconoclock]

Did you ever watch Charlie Brown when an adult spoke and all you heard was wah wah wah wah? That's what just happened to me No offence meant, it's just me and computers

Hehe, none taken. I do things like this for a living so sometimes I have to remember to rephraise certain things to non-IT speak.

[Duke{CLR}]

I just checked this on my laptop and it defaulted to my SSD, I'll check my desktop when I get home. Just what exactly would be the issue with it being on the slower drive?

[Apache Warrior]

Slower load times for the game. An SSD will get you into the game faster.
Apache

[Rand{CLR}]

My SSD load took me from 1.5+ minute loads in the Beta to being one of the first 2-3 guys in on my team in a given round. Huge improvement.

-Rand

[baconoclock]

Exactly what Rand said Duke. Much much faster loading times, better performance (esp if you're currently running off a green drive or 5400 rpm). If you have windows installed to the SSD you can reboot your PC in 15 seconds or sometimes less.